Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, met in Kyiv today for the 24th EU-Ukraine Summit. They discussed how...
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, met in Kyiv today for the 24th EU-Ukraine Summit. They discussed how to further support Ukraine and how to increase collective pressure on Russia to end its...
The EU NEIGHBOURS EAST project in cooperation with the ‘European Media Facility in Armenia’ project, funded by the European Union and led by DW Akademie, is launching a media outreach and capacity-building initiative. The initiative will start with a constructive journalism training course led by a DW Akademie expert...
This month, the Common Aviation Area Agreement (CAAA) between the European Union and Armenia entered into administrative application. The agreement was signed on 15 November 2021 and aims at removing market restrictions and creating a common aviation area between Armenia and the EU. In particular, the agreement means that...
An official letter on behalf of the Center for Armenian Culture and Education in Israel “Noyan Tapan” Greetings, We are writing this letter since recently a worrying trend is taking place in the State of Israel when nationalism raises its head against the ethnic and religious minorities in the...
Vice President for Policy and Partnerships Mark Bowman to lead the EBRD delegation European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Vice President for Policy and Partnerships Mark Bowman and Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Matteo Patrone will tour the Caucasus from 16 to 19 January, first visiting Armenia, then Georgia, before concluding...
I wrote an article in June 2021 about a Turkish man who was accused by the Justice Department of illegally sending U.S. Defense technical data to Turkey. Arif Ugur, 53, was sentenced last week to 33 months in jail, followed by two years of supervised release. He lived in...
he EU Foreign Affairs Council, held in Brussels on 12 December, discussed how to assist Ukraine in repairing its energy system, increase the EU’s electricity exports to Ukraine and the EU’s work on ensuring accountability for Russian crimes committed during the war in Ukraine. The Council also discussed ongoing...
The Washington Post published last week a lengthy investigative article titled: “Air Force feared generals’ foreign consulting jobs would cause scandal” by journalists Craig Whitlock and Nate Jones. The article disclosed Azerbaijan’s offer to hire two retired U.S. Air Force generals. The Post went to extensive legal battles with...
The New York Times published on November 28, 2022, a shocking article by reporter Constant Méheut, titled: “A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose.” The article reveals that the Musée de l’Homme (Museum of Mankind) in Paris, France, holds a “vast collection of human remains.”...
The openDemocracy.net website published a critical article about BBC’s airing of a two-part propaganda film funded by the UK oil and gas giant British Petroleum (BP) about Azerbaijan. Written by James Dowsett, the article was titled, “BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-sponsored film.” BP has invested $84...